Lenín Moreno
Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈnim bolˈtajɾe moˈɾeno ɣaɾˈses]; born 19 March 1953) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the 46th president of Ecuador, from 2017 to 2021. Moreno was vice president from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa.
Lenín Moreno | |
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Moreno in 2018 | |
| 46th President of Ecuador | |
| In office 24 May 2017 – 24 May 2021 | |
| Vice President | Jorge Glas María Vicuña Otto Sonnenholzner María Alejandra Muñoz |
| Preceded by | Rafael Correa |
| Succeeded by | Guillermo Lasso |
| 47th Vice President of Ecuador | |
| In office 15 January 2007 – 24 May 2013 | |
| President | Rafael Correa |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Serrano |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Glas |
| President of the PAIS Alliance | |
| In office 1 May 2017 – 3 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Rafael Correa |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| United Nations Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility | |
| In office 19 December 2013 – 30 September 2016 | |
| Secretary General | Ban Ki-moon |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | María Soledad Cisternas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés 19 March 1953 Nuevo Rocafuerte, Ecuador |
| Political party | Independent (2021–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PAIS Alliance (2006–2021) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Central University of Ecuador |
| Signature | |
| Website | twitter |
He was nominated as the candidate for Correa's PAIS Alliance, a social democratic political party, in the 2017 presidential election and won a narrow victory in Ecuador's second round of voting on 2 April 2017. However, after his election Moreno drastically shifted his political stance, distancing himself from Correa's leftist legacy in both domestic and foreign policy. By the end of Moreno's presidency, he had left office with a staggeringly low approval rating of 9%, the lowest in modern Ecuadorian history. He was expelled from PAIS Alliance in March 2021 after the party's crushing defeat in the 2021 elections.
Moreno was shot in a 1998 robbery attempt and thereafter has used a wheelchair. For his advocacy for people with disabilities, he was nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. According to The New York Times, while he was in office from 2017 to 2021, Moreno was the world's only serving head of state to use a wheelchair.